ok i understand hes an idiot but...

[selftitled85]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051117/ap_on_re_eu/austria_irving_arrested

people say racist things all the time and they dont get arrested. i dont understand this...

[yeat182]

he got arrested for defying the holocaust, which in austria, is a crime (apparently). it wasn't as if he was arrested in the US.

[lackofcolour 13]

I don't care how much pride Austria has in their history, not letting people speak their mind is just wrong.

[FreshyFresh23]

Its not speaking his mind, its propagating racism and anti-semiticsm to even SUGGEST that the holocaust didnt happen. It isnt an "opinion" based issue. It's a fact, it happened and it is a law in their country that he violated.

[lackofcolour 13]

you're right. he looks like he's killed a jew in his day. look at that smile. its disgusting.

[FreshyFresh23]

you're right. he looks like he's killed a jew in his day. look at that smile. its disgusting.

hahaha.. well said

[Broken Parachute]

I don't care how much pride Austria has in their history, not letting people speak their mind is just wrong.

Which is exactly why it's great to live in America, lol.

[splitsecond]

Its not speaking his mind, its propagating racism and anti-semiticsm to even SUGGEST that the holocaust didnt happen. It isnt an "opinion" based issue. It's a fact, it happened and it is a law in their country that he violated.

Doesn't matter. Its a fucked up law. If we punished people for being idiots, 80% of the world would be in prison. Maybe more.

[Dan Hollister]

Look, I know you guys think this is out of the ordinary or something, but go to Austria and Germany and other countries in the vicinity and see how it works. They're so embarassed of their history that anyone who dares bring it up will have hell to pay. You see how bad jailtime is in Germany for wearing a swastika or any kind of Nazi parafenalia? You can get 20 years for that.

Sure, it's not just. But look at it this way. Even the fricken' US has some Nazi's, neo-nazi people, white supremecists, and the KKK running around. And we were never even on that side of the war at all! Imagine how many Nazis still must be in Germany. In all reality, if Germany had not attempted to eliminate every trace of the Nazi party, they still could've been a dominant force in that area. (Which would not be good.)

So yeah, I have 2 things to say in conclusion to this.

1) Look at their history. Look how powerful the Nazi party was. If they didn't do these things, Hitler 2.0 might've shown up.

2) You're right, it's not 100% free speech. But guess what, most other countries don't have free speech laws like we have. So for all the people who like to complain about our country, I have something to say to you... you're still in the most free country in the world!

End.

[selftitled85]

Look, I know you guys think this is out of the ordinary or something, but go to Austria and Germany and other countries in the vicinity and see how it works. They're so embarassed of their history that anyone who dares bring it up will have hell to pay. You see how bad jailtime is in Germany for wearing a swastika or any kind of Nazi parafenalia? You can get 20 years for that.

Sure, it's not just. But look at it this way. Even the fricken' US has some Nazi's, neo-nazi people, white supremecists, and the KKK running around. And we were never even on that side of the war at all! Imagine how many Nazis still must be in Germany. In all reality, if Germany had not attempted to eliminate every trace of the Nazi party, they still could've been a dominant force in that area. (Which would not be good.)

So yeah, I have 2 things to say in conclusion to this.

1) Look at their history. Look how powerful the Nazi party was. If they didn't do these things, Hitler 2.0 might've shown up.

2) You're right, it's not 100% free speech. But guess what, most other countries don't have free speech laws like we have. So for all the people who like to complain about our country, I have something to say to you... you're still in the most free country in the world!

End.


this is true.

[yeat182]

Doesn't matter. Its a fucked up law. If we punished people for being idiots, 80% of the world would be in prison. Maybe more.

we don't punish people for being idiots though.

[yeat182]

2) You're right, it's not 100% free speech. But guess what, most other countries don't have free speech laws like we have. So for all the people who like to complain about our country, I have something to say to you... you're still in the most free country in the world!

End.

thank you.

[Lueda Alia]

2) You're right, it's not 100% free speech. But guess what, most other countries don't have free speech laws like we have. So for all the people who like to complain about our country, I have something to say to you... you're still in the most free country in the world!

End.

That's simply wishful thinking.

[dai the flu]

we don't punish people for being idiots though.

maybe we should

[yeat182]

maybe we should

i'm for it. but i wasn't the one complaining about it.

[Justin_stacy]

i'm for it. but i wasn't the one complaining about it.

And we could turn the area where most idiots are centered into one big prison state......see there is something positive we can do with California.....

[yeat182]

And we could turn the area where most idiots are centered into one big prison state......see there is something positive we can do with California.....

it's already fiilled with criminals...